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Boros,Diana.PublicArtasAuralInstallation:SurprisingMusicalInterventionas CivicRejuvenationinUrbanLife.EventalAesthetics1,no.3(2012):5081.
ABSTRACT
Surprisingartisticinterventionsinthelandscapeofthepubliceverydayare psychologically,socially,andpoliticallybeneficialtoindividualsaswellastheir communities.Suchinterventionsenabletheiraudiencestoaccessmomentsof surprisinginspiration,selfreflection,andrevitalization.Thesespontaneous momentsmayofferaccesstotheexperienceofdistancefromtherationalself, allowingtheirrationalandpurelyemotivethatresideswithinallofustoassertitself. Itisthissensualinstinctthatallwetoofrequentlypushaside,particularlyinthe publicrealm,forthesakeofourresponsibilities.Urbancommunitiesinparticularare persistentlyaccostedbyvisualandauraladvertisementsandconsumeristlures,that furtherdiscourageindividualsfromaccessingtheirnonrationalselves.Yet,Iargue thatitwouldimprovethehealthandvibrancyofourcommunallivesifwe encounteredamongothersinpublic,evenforamoment,thestrongfeelingsof suddenelationorconfusionthatwegenerallyconsidertobeprivate.Ialsoargue thatanadditioncouldbemadetothealreadydiverseoeuvreofartisticapproaches thatcomprisetherealmofsoundartandthatitmaybetermedmusical interventionartor,simplyput,musicplayedinacircumscribedareaintheformof anoutdoorinstallation,thatisdesignedtoaccost,surprise,overwhelm,andthrough this,activelyengage.Thisarticlewilldescribeanimaginaryexampleofmusical installationart. KEYWORDS publicart,selfawareness,artisticinterventions,HighLine,music
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Public Art as Aural Installation: Surprising Musical Intervention as Civic Rejuvenation in Urban Life
Diana Boros